DR. ANGELIQUE COETZEE: I alerted the wider world to Omicron - and I believe Britain is overreacting
Daily MailThe UK Government's handling of what Boris Johnson warned will be a 'tidal wave' of Omicron infections verges on hysteria. Yet you only have to look at the picture in South Africa, where the world's first known cases of Omicron were spotted, to realise this reaction is out of all proportion to the risks posed by this variant. The Prime Minister announced that booster jabs will be offered to all adults by the end of the year in an attempt to quell a 'tidal wave' of Omicron variant cases Symptoms I have no regrets about doing so, but I was astonished by the extraordinary worldwide reaction in the days that followed, with Britain and some other European nations imposing heavy travel restrictions on flights from across southern Africa, as well as imposing tighter rules at home on mask-wearing, fines and extended quarantines. Dr. Angelique Coetzee.The South African doctor who first alerted authorities to the presence of the COVID-19 omicron variant I said then that we didn't know anywhere near enough about Omicron to make such judgments, or impose such policies. Hundreds of people queue at a Covid19 walk-in vaccination centre at Whalley Range Tennis and Cricket Club, Greater Manchester as the expansion to the booster rollout begins due to the Omicron variant.